OT: SI could be no more...

[Mazhude]

Sports Illustrated lays off most of its staff, threatening iconic brand’s future

The end of an era...

 

[TheRealKBuks]

Sports Illustrated lays off most of its staff, threatening iconic brand’s future

The end of an era...

 

[cullaville]

Sports Illustrated lays off most of its staff, threatening iconic brand’s future

The end of an era...

Unfortunately SI has been irrelevant for years. Used to look forward to the weekly issue arriving each Thursday.

A couple of years ago I received an offer and tries the monthly edition asa subscription. Near the end of the subscription period they called to see if I was going to renew. I said no and when they asked why I said it was boring and uninteresting.

The next question from them was Would you like to order a Gift Subscri[ption for someone? Did they not hear what I just said, LOL

 

[John]

Sports Illustrated was the varsity to the junior varsity of Sporting News and Inside Sports.

 

[willie99]

The swimsuit issue ain't what it used to be

 

[JMick]

I didn't even realize they still had employees. Most of their articles are written by bots

 

[Inyatkin]

I used to get so excited when they mentioned UConn. Once they had a mini feature about Antric Klaiber missing like his first 20 shots as a freshman or something. Not as excited about that one.

 

[TheShot1990]

Why would anyone read SI when you can read The Boneyard?

 

[stickybuddy]

The private equity ghouls simply love ruining good things

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I didn't even realize they still had employees. Most of their articles are written by bots

I didn't know they still put out a print version. All of their content seems like it's written by Chat GPT.

 

[Greedo]

I used to love getting SI for kids issues when I was a kid. I had honestly forgotten they exist.

 

[OkaForPrez]

The athletic was running a $1 a month for a year promo in December and it’s very good.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The private equity ghouls simply love ruining good things

In this case it was ruined long before that. That was just life support.

Do any of you subscribe to it? If not then maybe admit that magazines are dead and SI did a terrible job of remaining relevant. They even managed to screw up the swimsuit issue, which is probably what was keeping them afloat.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I used to love getting SI for kids issues when I was a kid. I had honestly forgotten they exist.

There was an issue where the character Buzz something-or-other used the subscribers name as the 'greatest athlete ever'. That blew my mind. I loved those perforated cardboard cards as well.

 

[stickybuddy]

In this case it was ruined long before that. That was just life support.

True, but it’s been in the hands of PE for years. I don’t think there’s any question they’re the main cause of all this.

 

[Stew Crew]

I used to get so excited when they mentioned UConn. Once they had a mini feature about Antric Klaiber missing like his first 20 shots as a freshman or something. Not as excited about that one.

He made up for it by not missing a shot at Ted's and Huskies.

He was so hyped out of high school. I think he was a 4-star recruit and we stole him away from Georgetown (which actually meant something back then). I think he had more suspensions than starts at UConn.

 

[Greedo]

There was an issue where the character Buzz something-or-other used the subscribers name as the 'greatest athlete ever'. That blew my mind. I loved those perforated cardboard cards as well.

I used to hang the posters up in my bedroom.

 

[Squeeze]

too bad. my dad used to bring them home from his office for me. always enjoyed reading them.

most likely a combination of private equity ghouls, the demise of attention spans to read an article more than 300 words, and dumb decisions to alienate readership (the swimsuit thing, duh).

 

[Squeeze]

also definitely still have the special uconn championship editions

 

[The Yakk]

Sports Illustrated was the varsity to the junior varsity of Sporting News and Inside Sports.

Treu, but I loved the writing in "Inside Sports". Pete Axthelm's gambling column was awesome.

Edit: found this.

Inside Inside Sports: The Oral History

When Katharine Graham and the Washington Post company decided to launch the Esquire of sports magazines in 1979, they were riding high. If anyone was poised to create something touched with magic i…

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[alexd]

The swimsuit issue ain't what it used to be

Let's not even go there.
They took a perfect thing, thought about what kind of changes some people might like and screwed it all up.

 

[Inyatkin]

He made up for it by not missing a shot at Ted's and Huskies.

He was so hyped out of high school. I think he was a 4-star recruit and we stole him away from Georgetown (which actually meant something back then). I think he had more suspensions than starts at UConn.

Got in for a minute against Duke in 99. Can't take that away from him

 

[my2cents]

I used to like the section , where they called out great stories by unknowns, like..."Kid with no arms bowls a 300"

 

[nickp91]

Sports Illustrated was a staple of my childhood

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Downhill once Rick Reilly left